The Board denied ratings in excess of 40 percent for bilateral sciatic nerve neuropathy and 20 percent for bilateral femoral nerve neuropathy, finding that the Veteran's conditions met the criteria for a 40 percent evaluation for bilateral sciatic nerves and a 20 percent evaluation for bilateral femoral nerves.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supported findings of moderately severe incomplete paralysis of both sciatic nerves and moderate incomplete paralysis of both femoral nerves, warranting the assigned ratings.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Sciatic Nerve Neuropathy, Left Sciatic Nerve Neuropathy, Right Femoral Nerve Neuropathy, Left Femoral Nerve Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- November 29, 2022
- Citation
- 22066382
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issues of increased ratings for left knee disability and a separate compensable rating for left femoral nerve neuropathy. The Veteran's other service connection claims are no longer in appellate status.
- Granted
The Board found that the Veteran's low back strain with DDD and right sciatic nerve neuropathy had improved, warranting a reduction in their disability ratings from 20% to 10%. The reductions were effective May 1, 2010.
- Granted
The Veteran sustained an additional disability of right femoral nerve neuropathy following a cardiac catheterization performed by VA in July 2009. The Board finds that this event was not reasonably foreseeable and that the treatment without informed consent qualifies for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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